Improvement in breast-pads



F. cx. Breast-Pads.

Patented Ja`n. 27. 187.*4.

`mannen l UNITED STATES FREDERICK COX, OF BROOKLYN, NEV YORK.

|MPRovEMENT IN el-'niAsr-PADS.v

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No.A 146,805, dated January27, 1574; aulicatior tiled December 20, 1873.

To all whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that I, FREDERICK Cox, of Brooklyn, in the county of Kingsand State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Breast-Pad, ofwhich the following is a specification: v

My invention consists of iniiatable in dia-rubber breast-pads soconstruct-ed as to form a cavity in the base to it over the naturalbreast and not bear directly upon it; also, having an annular cushion tobear around the base of the natural breast, and also having aventilating opening or passage from the cavity for ventilation, by whichthey are much more comfortable tothe wearer, and more easily kept inpostion. They also improve the torni of the natural breasts by keepingthem in the natural shape, instead of tlattenin g and depressing them,as the common pads do; and they are more healthful, and retain their ownproper shape bet-ter.

ln Figure l of the accompanying drawing my improved pads are representedon the iigure of a person as in use. Fie". 2 represents one of a pair infront view, with a part seetioned and the other in reverse; and Fig. 3is a section on the line m Fig. 2.

My improved pad is constructed in the form ot a flat round sack, ofwhich A may be supposed to be the upper sheet, and B the lower one, withtive, more or less, radial and vertical partitions at C; also, with ahole through the center of each sheet, and one-say, the bottomonestretched through the hole of the other, and connected as at D, andalso with one a1:- nular hollow base, E, nearly tubular, and uniting theouter edge of the bottom sheet B with the outer edge of the top sheet A,one of its edges being joined to B at E, and the other to A at F, andthe bottom sheet being not so large as the top sheet, so that wheninila-t-ed the top sheet swells out in the full round form representedin the drawing, and the base comes nearly under or back ot' it, and alarge cavity v thus protecting the natura-l breast from any` pressure,and holding it in good shape, and the hole at D aifords good ventilationfor it.A

A very good pad can be formed in this way without the base E, but not sogood as with it, as the concavity is largely due to the partitions C andthe smaller bottom sheet and larger top one. rl`he partitions F serve toimpart the proper rigidity to the pad, and to hold the same in adistended state, in oase the air should from any ea-use esca-pe from thepad.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters latent- 1. A breast-pad formed ot' the sheets A l-l,connected central] y to ca ch other, and having their edges scoured toan inflatable annular base ring or cushion, ll, as herein shomi anddescribed.

2. An inflatable breastpad having a cavity for the reception ot' thenatural breast,'and

a veritilating-opening, D, through the center ol' the pad, as hereinshown and described.

3. The combination. of upper sheet A, lower` sheet D, and partitions C,s1 ibstantiall y as speer iiied.

4. The combination of base E with sheets A B and partitions C,substantially' as specified.

